Photographer Captures ‘Face of Poseidon’ in Stormy Waves
A photographer who captured a clear face in a wave says he was "blown away" by the picture.
A photographer who captured a clear face in a wave says he was "blown away" by the picture.
Photographer Andrew McCarthy was shooting the Sun recently when an airliner unexpectedly flew right into his shot. The result was this picture-perfect image of "A Civilian Transit."
It is often said that "luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." This photo may be a good example of that. It's a single long-exposure photo of mountains in South America with the stars properly exposed in the background and the landscape in the foreground illuminated by the rising moon.
First things first: the photo above isn't a composite. In fact, as Elizabeth van der Bij of ENV Photography jokingly explained in the comments on her Facebook page, her Photoshop skills "suck", so she couldn't have faked it even if she had wanted to.
No, the Alberta-based photographer and the couple, Kassandra & Craig, simply stuck it out and kept taking pictures as the storm approached until, as luck would have it, the Universe delivered in a big way.